Student Resources
Graduate Student Travel Assistance
Applications for Graduate Student Travel Assistance are invited from currently enrolled University of Utah graduate students whose research or creative project has been accepted for presentation at a professional meeting. This assistance is contingent upon the applicant presenting at the meeting.
Applications must be received in the Graduate School prior to travel dates. Requests are considered up to a maximum of $400 and must be supported with a dollar-for-dollar match from university funds. Matching support must be from university funding sources, e.g., development, operation, service, research, etc. One award only will be made during each fiscal year (July 1-June 30) to any graduate student.
Student travel assistance funding can reimburse airfare, car mileage (in lieu of airfare), ground transportation fares such as shuttle or taxis, lodging, abstract fees and conference registration fees. The assistance will not reimburse food, per diem, society memberships, or poster preparation fees.
Because travel requests in recent years have far exceeded funds available, the Graduate School requests departments or research units that can afford to support graduate student travel entirely on their own funds do so.
The Graduate School will determine total funds allotted for each month; applications can be submitted anytime before the travel dates but are only considered for funds allotted to the month of travel. Funding is granted on a first come, first served basis until funds for the month are exhausted. Those applications not supported will be put on a reserve list for each month to be used in the event those awarded funding cannot or do not use it.
